amphora

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Object Type
Museum number: 1952,0505.14
Description: Fragment of body of Clazomenian black-figure painted pottery broad amphora. Male foot and animal's tail: the transformed companions of Odysseus.
School/style
Cultures/periods: North Ionian; Archaic Greek
Production date: 550BC-500BC (possibly circa 530BC (S.Weber))
Production place: Made in: Clazomenae (?)
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Tell Dafana
Materials
Ware
Technique: painted; incised
Dimensions: Width: 6 centimetres (max)
Curator's comments: Possibly part of same pot as BM GR 1888,0208.114 and 1888,0208.106.e showing Circe, Odysseus and a companion who has been turned into a boar: the style is similar and the tail suggests the same incident.
Bibliographic references: CVA British Museum 8 / Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 13, British Museum 8 (Pl. GB 590, 20-21); Weber 2012 / Untersuchungen zur archaischen griechischen Keramik aus anderen ägyptischen Fundorten (TD 164)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Acquisition date: 1952
Acquisition notes: Acquisition details unclear in available documentation.
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1952,0505.14
Joined objects: Associated Group: G16586 (3 objects)

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